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Forum: Private Flying
7th Mar 2015, 21:08
Replies: 139
Views: 23,077
Posted By thing

Good innit!

Good innit!
Forum: Private Flying
6th Mar 2015, 22:18
Replies: 139
Views: 23,077
Posted By thing

I do it all the time...:)

I do it all the time...:)
Forum: Private Flying
6th Mar 2015, 18:21
Replies: 139
Views: 23,077
Posted By thing

Am in complete agreement.

Am in complete agreement.
Forum: Private Flying
6th Mar 2015, 16:51
Replies: 139
Views: 23,077
Posted By thing

Reminds me of the circuit at Old Buck. Probably...

Reminds me of the circuit at Old Buck. Probably the biggest circuit I've ever flown for the old noise abatement thing, the circuit must have been about a tenth of the actual flight. It's miles away...
Forum: Private Flying
6th Mar 2015, 16:12
Replies: 139
Views: 23,077
Posted By thing

I was going somewhere with one of our guys who is...

I was going somewhere with one of our guys who is ex CFS. He said he would show me how to do a 'proper' short field landing. We landed with with the heaviest bang you can imagine without the wheels...
Forum: Private Flying
6th Mar 2015, 07:42
Replies: 139
Views: 23,077
Posted By thing

I've flown as safety pilot for a very experienced...

I've flown as safety pilot for a very experienced aviator who is getting on a bit now. He fairly dives at the runway to land, there doesn't seem to be any flare. First time it happened I had the same...
Forum: Private Flying
6th Mar 2015, 07:24
Replies: 139
Views: 23,077
Posted By thing

Yes the Arrow is a slab; but even taking that...

Yes the Arrow is a slab; but even taking that into consideration it tends to dump itself onto the runway. I'm not talking bone shattering arrivals here, just firm instead of the lightest kiss of tyre...
Forum: Private Flying
5th Mar 2015, 15:11
Replies: 139
Views: 23,077
Posted By thing

Yes we do. In which case you modify your approach...

Yes we do. In which case you modify your approach to suit.

Can't disagree with what you are saying but this isn't the heavy metal forum. Planning a landing for a 150 and an A380 are different...
Forum: Private Flying
5th Mar 2015, 11:52
Replies: 139
Views: 23,077
Posted By thing

Got to admit without wanting to enter the debate...

Got to admit without wanting to enter the debate with the likes of Chuck and Step who are far more experienced than I will ever be that most of my landings are more or less power off. I always have...
Forum: Private Flying
5th Mar 2015, 10:47
Replies: 139
Views: 23,077
Posted By thing

Maybe not all together, one at a time would be...

Maybe not all together, one at a time would be fine.

Having thought about this (I like the 'unconscious competence' remark, more like unconscious incompetence in my case...:}) I think that if you...
Forum: Private Flying
4th Mar 2015, 21:34
Replies: 139
Views: 23,077
Posted By thing

Can anyone actualy describe how they land though...

Can anyone actualy describe how they land though when they've been flying a while? I mean non instructors? I just do it, it seems to work, wouldn't have a clue how to describe what I do.

Bit like...
Forum: Private Flying
4th Mar 2015, 20:23
Replies: 139
Views: 23,077
Posted By thing

Quite like that.:ok: Would you mind if I e mailed...

Quite like that.:ok: Would you mind if I e mailed it to a lady who I take flying on occasion to whom the phrase 'Shut the f*** up when I'm landing' has no apparent effect? (I couch it in a more...
Forum: Private Flying
4th Mar 2015, 18:28
Replies: 139
Views: 23,077
Posted By thing

I always find not crashing the best solution...

I always find not crashing the best solution also. Works out well for everyone.
Forum: Private Flying
4th Mar 2015, 17:53
Replies: 139
Views: 23,077
Posted By thing

I think that every time I fly one of our club...

I think that every time I fly one of our club aircraft...:)

I've just thought of an analogy. If you play golf, you start off uniformly pretty poor. Then you get a bit better by degrees until you...
Forum: Private Flying
4th Mar 2015, 15:15
Replies: 139
Views: 23,077
Posted By thing

I suppose that works OK at your home airfield but...

I suppose that works OK at your home airfield but not so good if you fly into somewhere new for you. I find the best way (and this isn't much help I suppose to the OP who I assume is bashing ccts at...
Forum: Private Flying
4th Mar 2015, 12:47
Replies: 139
Views: 23,077
Posted By thing

Good call Victorian, never thought of that. I...

Good call Victorian, never thought of that. I thought it might have something do with the u/c being fixed in the Warrior and retractable in the Arrow. Different struts or something.
Forum: Private Flying
4th Mar 2015, 12:05
Replies: 139
Views: 23,077
Posted By thing

Odd that, I can grease on a Warrior but the Arrow...

Odd that, I can grease on a Warrior but the Arrow which is just a Warrior with knobs on always comes down with a bit of a clunk.
Forum: Private Flying
4th Mar 2015, 11:52
Replies: 139
Views: 23,077
Posted By thing

Along with a longer answer...I would listen to...

Along with a longer answer...I would listen to your instructor. I've been flying for 25 years and my landings aren't consistent. Of course my parameters for what I think is a good landing will be...
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